Asphalt is a mixture of aggregates, binder and filler, used for constructing and maintaining all kind of roads, parking areas but also play- and sports areas. Aggregates used for asphalt mixtures could be crushed rock, sand, gravel or slags. In order to bind the aggregates into a cohesive mixture, a binder is used. Most commonly, bitumen is used as a binder. An average asphalt pavement consists of the road structure above the formation level which includes unbound and bituminous-bound materials. This gives the pavement the ability to distribute loads of the traffic before it arrives at the formation level. Normally, pavements are made of different layers:
Uses of Asphalt
Although asphalt is mainly used for paving roads, it can also be used for various other purposes. The versatility of asphalt makes it such a widely used material. Among others, it can be found in the following sectors:
- Transportation (e.g. roads, railway beds or airport runways, taxiways, driveways.),
- Recreation (playgrounds, bicycle paths, running tracks, tennis courts…)
- Industrial & Commerical (Dumpster Pads, Parking Lots.)
- Industrial (ports, landfill caps, work sites…)
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